Communication is something humans often think we have mastered. We use languages, gestures, facial expressions, and ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

We have changed from wanting animals to understand human language to wanting to understand how they communicate with each ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the experts their thoughts on how conceivable the plot is. Some scientists believe ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Behavioral ecologist Jaclyn Aubin has studied beluga whales in ...

An international team of researchers have published a new review in Animal Behavior revealing how communication enables cooperation between different animal species. The review, titled "The ecology ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. There are scientists out there who are using AI to understand the sounds dolphins make, and it could ...

Deep in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mélissa Berthet found bonobos doing something thought to be uniquely human. How to detect consciousness in people, animals and maybe ...

The part the textbooks often leave out is not easily captured by traditional scientific frameworks. It’s something anyone who ...

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don’t? It’s one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...